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ExxonMobil Refinery (2638), Baton Rouge
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | 137359 |
| State Police # | No information given |
| Accident Date | 2012-02-18 |
| Report Date | 0000-00-00 |
| Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
| Follow-up: | No |
Pollutants Released
| Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
| Sulfur Dioxide | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | YES | NO | 18,333.0 pounds |
| Hydrocarbon | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | NO | YES | 2,069.0 pounds |
| Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds (HRVOCs) | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | NO | NO | 167.8 pounds |
| Propylene | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | NO | YES | 156.1 pounds |
| Hydrogen Sulfide | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | NO | NO | 147.6 pounds |
| Nitric Oxide | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | YES | NO | 1,404.8 pounds |
| Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | NO | YES | 6,421.8 pounds |
| Ethylene | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | NO | YES | 112.0 pounds |
| Nitrogen Dioxide | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | YES | YES | 1,069.0 pounds |
| Benzene | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | NO | YES | 10.4 pounds |
| Butadiene | 5h 42m | FLARE: Flare #7 | NO | NO | YES | 10.3 pounds |
Accident Classified As: Reportable Quantity
Cause of Problem: Weather
Excessive rainfall caused an electrical ground fault to occur with some of the compressor's control instrumentation causing the three compressors to shut down. excesses gases were released to the flares.
Discharge Preventable - No Information Given
No information given.
Notes/Remedial Actions
Air monitoring occurred and eventually two of the three compressors were brought back on-line and flaring ceased. There is no refinery Incident report and no SPOC report attached to this file.
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